A new survey has revealed that over two thirds (67 per cent) of UK homeowners are unhappy with their bathrooms.

Some people have been so unhappy about a bathroom it has been the main cause for them to end a relationship.

The research was conducted by MyBuilder, the online marketplace for finding quality tradesmen, and out of the 423 households that responded 45 per cent said it was the room in their home they most wanted to renovate. Over 40 per cent admitted to being embarrassed by their bathroom when guests and friends came round to visit.

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The research also discovered that the state of our bathrooms is having an enormously detrimental impact upon on our friendships and relationships.

Quite worryingly, more than a third of people (38 per cent) admitted to holding it in while visiting a friend’s house because their bathroom was too disgusting to use.

A quarter of people (25 per cent) said they had fallen out with housemates or partners over the state of their bathroom, while shockingly, 24 people (six per cent) confessed they had actually ended a relationship over the issue.

Low water pressure is the most complained issue in Britain's bathrooms

The biggest turnoffs people had about bathrooms was low water pressure in the shower and wonky toilet seats, with 56 per cent of people listing them as major gripes. Toilets that don’t flush properly (47 per cent), carpet in the bathroom (44 per cent), and no lock on the bathroom door (35 per cent) were also listed as big pet hates.

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However, although many of us seem to hate other people’s bathrooms, we are often guilty of the same faults ourselves. Almost a third of people (31 per cent) admitted to having a wonky toilet seat and 23 per cent admitted to having no lock on the door. Over 20 per cent said they had separate hot and cold taps and 19 per cent admitted to having a badly placed or missing loo roll holder, while 18 per cent confessed to having low water pressure.